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Lilly Family (Monocotyledonae/Liliopsida) Flashcards

1
Q

What is the scientific name of the grass family?

A

Poaceae

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2
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What are a grasses flower and base like?

A

leaf base around stem; tiny flowers, sepals, and petals or none at all

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3
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How are grasses pollinated?

A

by wind

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4
Q

Is grass mono or dio?

A

mono

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5
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What are grasses enclosed in?

A

bracts

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6
Q

How many pistils do grasses have?

A

2, but 1 is nonfunctional

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7
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Each pistil in a grass has how many carpels?

A

1 carpel

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8
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What is the fruit of a grass?

A

grain

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9
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What type of plant is wheat?

A

C3 (N. plains)

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10
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What type of stigma do grasses have?

A

feathery stigma

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11
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What is sugar cane harvested for?

A

sucrose/table sugar for molasses and rum

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12
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What grass has replaced many areas of the rainforest?

A

sugar cane

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13
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What type of plant is rice?

A

C3

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14
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What is the scientific name for rice?

A

Oryza sativa

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15
Q

What is brown rice?

A

dried rice grains removed from husk

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16
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What is white rice?

A

brown rice that has been milled (endosperm)

17
Q

What is the scientific name for corn?

A

Zea mays

18
Q

Who authored corn?

A

Linnaeus

19
Q

What is the white part of popcorn?

A

endosperm tissue

20
Q

What gender are corn plants?

A

they have both gendered inflorescence

21
Q

What are the male corn parts called?

A

tassels (at the tip of the shoot)

22
Q

What are the female corn parts called?

A

lateral (sides, covered by bracts)

23
Q

What is silk?

A

long styles of pistils

24
Q

What is a corn cob?

A

multiple fruits of grains

25
Q

Most lilies are from what climate?

A

tropics

26
Q

What is colchicine?

A

it inhibits microtubule formation, chromosome movement, and cell division

27
Q

What is an example of a Liliaceae?

A

onions/allium or trillium

28
Q

What are the parts of trillium?

A

whorls of three and privative flowers

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